The Galerie Vivienne is one of the covered passages of Paris, in the second arrondissement. It is 176 metres (577 ft) long and 3 metres (9.8 ft) wide. The gallery has been registered as a historical monument since 7 July 1974. History The gallery was built in 1823 by Marchoux, President of the Chamber of […]
The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. It was named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World’s Fair, it was initially criticised by some of France’s leading artists and intellectuals […]
The Louvre Palace is a former royal palace located on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, between the Tuileries Gardens and the church of Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois. Its origins date back to the medieval period, and its present structure has evolved in stages since the 16th century. It was the actual seat of power in […]
Shot taken at Guizancourt, a small village in the Somme, Picardy, France. Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Picardy region of France. The north central area of the Somme was the site of a series of battles […]
The Île de la Cité is one of two remaining natural islands in the Seine within the city of Paris (the other being the Île Saint-Louis). It is the centre of Paris and the location where the medieval city was refounded. The western end has held a palace since Merovingian times, and its eastern end […]
The Conciergerie is a former prison in Paris, France, located on the west of the Île de la Cité (literally “Island of the City”). It was part of the former royal palace, the Palais de la Cité, which consisted of the Conciergerie, Palais de Justice and the Sainte-Chapelle. Hundreds of prisoners during the French Revolution […]
The Louvre Palace is a former royal palace located on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, between the Tuileries Gardens and the church of Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois. Its origins date back to the medieval period, and its present structure has evolved in stages since the 16th century. It was the actual seat of power in […]
The Île de la Cité is one of two remaining natural islands in the Seine within the city of Paris (the other being the Île Saint-Louis). It is the centre of Paris and the location where the medieval city was refounded. The western end has held a palace since Merovingian times, and its eastern end […]
Shot taken at Guizancourt, a small village in the Somme, Picardy, France. Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Picardy region of France. The north central area of the Somme was the site of a series of battles […]
Shot taken at Guizancourt, a small village in the Somme, Picardy, France. Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Picardy region of France. The north central area of the Somme was the site of a series of battles […]
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